'Gruesome Crime Alone Not Ground To Deny Bail': Calcutta High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail In 2021 Post-Poll Violence Case

The Calcutta High Court has granted anticipatory bail to an accused in a CBI-probed murder arising out of the 2021 post-poll violence, holding that even in cases involving grave allegations, pre-arrest protection must be decided on the “nature and quality of evidence prima facie available” and not merely on the seriousness of the offence. Justice Jay Sengupta observed that courts...

MP High Court Issues Notice On Journalist's PIL Against Public Health Hazard Caused By Transport Of Fly Ash From Thermal Power Plant

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Wednesday (February 25), issued notices in a public interest litigation highlighting the environmental and public health hazard caused by the transportation of fly ash from the Jhabua power plant. The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf heard initial arguments and admitted the matter for further consideration. The...

Villager Attacked For Trespassing On Property, Cutting Bamboo: Calcutta High Court Acquits Accused In 35-Yr-Old Case

Holding that mere presence during a village scuffle cannot sustain a conviction for grievous hurt when the prosecution fails to clearly establish the specific overt act of the accused, the Calcutta High Court set aside the conviction of a man sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment for allegedly attacking a co-villager with a sharp weapon during a land dispute. Justice Ananya...

No Boards Or Barricades: Delhi High Court Denies Bail As Youth Dies In 20-Ft Road Pit; Says 'Public Roads Can't Be Turned Into Death Traps'

The Delhi High Court has refused anticipatory bail to contractors accused in a case where a young man lost his life after falling into a 20-foot-deep pit dug on a public road without any caution boards, barricading, or safety measures, observing that “public roads can't be turned into death traps.”Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma observed, “A lenient approach in the facts and circumstances...

Madras High Court Quashes Case Against Rajya Sabha MP C Shanmugam For Alleged Derogatory Comments Against Women

The Madras High Court has closed a case registered by the Tamil Nadu State Commission for Women against Rajya Sabha MP C Ve Shanmugam for alleged derogatory comments made by him against women. The woman's commission had initiated the case based on a complaint that in one of his speeches to the party cadres, Shanmugam had stated that the present Government may even announce one wife...

Deity's Title Cannot Be Defeated By Adverse Possession Claims Against 'Sebait'/Manager: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has reaffirmed that debutter property vested in a deity enjoys strong legal protection and that a plea of adverse possession cannot succeed unless hostile title is clearly asserted against the deity as the true owner. Dismissing a second appeal in a decades-old property dispute, Justice Sugato Majumdar held that permissive occupation of a tank dedicated to a deity...

P&H High Court Gives Clean Chit To Ex-CM Bhupinder Hooda, Sonia Gandhi's AJIL Company In Panchkula Land Allotment Case

The Punjab & Haryana High Court quashed charges against former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Company owned by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi Associated Journals Limited (AJL) in case pertaining to irregularities in re-allotment of land in Panchkula.Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya said, "The allotment is valid as on date, it has also not been cancelled, nor declared illegal...

Gujarat High Court Stays FIRs Against Rolling Paper Traders Booked Following State Ban

The Gujarat High Court in an interim order stayed investigation in FIRs registered against traders dealing in rolling paper brands like 'Stash Pro' and 'GoGo Papers', booked pursuant to the State Government's 2025 notification banning sale, distribution and movement of rolling paper, perfect roll and smoking cones. The petitioners had challenged a Notification dated 16.12.2025 issued by...

'Glaring Case Of State Apathy': Gujarat High Court Rejects Appeal Filed With 837-Days Delay, Warns Officers Against Unproductive Litigation

The Gujarat High Court issued a stern warning to the State officers and directed the Government Pleader to instruct all Assistant Government Pleaders to remain attentive while drafting delay condonation applications, after finding that an appeal was filed with an unexplained delay of 837 days contrary to the State Litigation Policy.The Court was hearing an application seeking to condone delay...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Seeks Explanation From Judge Over Delay In Trial; Summons Public Prosecutor, District Attorney

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has expressed strong displeasure over a five-year delay in framing of charges in a criminal case, observing that both the trial court and the prosecution appeared to be “highly negligent” in performing their duties.The Court was informed during the course of arguments that the challan in the case had been presented on 31.07.2021 and that, since then,...

Calcutta High Court Refuses Probate Of 2001 Will, Cites Contradictory Witness Testimony; Due Execution Not Proved Under Succession Act

The Calcutta High Court has refused to grant probate of a 2001 Will in a contentious family dispute, holding that the propounder failed to prove its due execution in the manner mandated under Section 63 of the Indian Succession Act and Section 68 of the Evidence Act. Delivering judgment in a testamentary suit, Justice Sugato Majumdar observed that when suspicious circumstances surround...

Orissa High Court Directs DGP & Home Department To Train Police Officers To Mandatorily Provide Written Grounds To Arrestees

The Orissa High Court has raised concerns about repeated cases of non-compliance of mandatory constitutional as well as procedural requirements, under Article 22(1) of the Constitution and Section 47 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (akin to Section 50, CrPC) respectively, by police officers to provide grounds of arrest while arresting any person.A Bench of Justice Gourishankar...